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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #740 | 3.865 | 3.865 |
| Artwork | #1480 | 3.865 | 3.865 |
| Creativity | #1675 | 3.865 | 3.865 |
| Audio | #2093 | 3.288 | 3.288 |
| Narrative | #5078 | 2.346 | 2.346 |
Ranked from 52 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Countdown cards from 13 to 1 to win
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This actually is a great card game! You should think of making a real car game. The artworks of the cards is really funny too. Loved it! Also great take on the theme!
Congrats!
Fun game! It of course builds up on solitaire but the custom bot idea is unique. The frog art is really cute, good job!
Of course it doesn't, Solitaire isn't a game it's a genre! I made this game. I think I'm confusing people who have never played Solitaire style games before, sorry!
Yeah! Super fun! The 3 opponents' simulations seem to generate the same result.
Yeah, I realised something similar with my last minute testing. Once you make a good enough bot, which can be done with like 6 cards, it's really easy to beat all 3 bots with roughly the same stats. Probably good for the jam, since it makes it a lot easier. But I've already though of some better ideas which should be more fun and challenging, but it will require a bit of work.
I think you're the first person beside me to beat all the challenges. Thank you!
This game is so cute, I love the frogs, and I wish it had a frog-themed soundtrack! The gameplay reminds me of Frog on the Floor by 100 Gecs, a good froggy song. I've never raced someone in solitaire, and it was really fun for me! I actually found even the Beginner bot really challenging, but that may be a skill issue, lol
Really nice game! I appreciate how polished and smooth the UI and animations were -- I think those two things are essential to a card game, and you nailed it! It felt really polished all around.
I think you're right about the beginner bot. The bots are currently arranged by how long they play for on average and how likely they are to win. Which isn't super noticeable when playing them. Based on all the feedback, I already have a potential solution I've already partially tested a bit.
Easier bots will play slower on average, this makes it a lot more fair. I'll also make sure they are guaranteed to win so you don't get free victories if you're not fast enough. And lastly, I'll make sure each difficulty has a minimum amount of steps so that the bots don't randomly get a super lucky game. Master difficulty will be pretty much the same.
Thank you for your feedback and kind words!
It was good simplicity but I sometimes took a while in solo solitaire to get a run because I wouldnt get a 13 but still had fun (:
Sorry to tell you that it is a skill issue :(
Thank you for playing!
This was a lot of fun! I really liked the simple concept of this. Playing against a computer is an interesting choice as it seems pretty lucky on whether or not you will win. For instance, I beat one of the computers because they were blocked first not because I actually beat them to a finish. Overall I think this is really polished. The art and sounds work really well together and the theme is on point!
I already have a bunch of solutions to improve the bots, basically make them play at different speeds depending on the difficulty, make sure they always win to avoid easy victories, make sure they play a minimum amount of steps in the earlier difficulties.
The bot Vs bot mode is a already lot more fair, for the custom bot to win they need to win in fewer steps or lose in more steps. But I didn't think that was fun for players, so that's why the current player Vs bot mode is more of a flawed race.
Thank you for you feedback and kind words. Can't wait to try out your game later today, it looks awesome!
Edit: It was really cool, if anybody is reading this go and check it out.
It's fun card game, and the froggy artworks for the cards are cute!
It does take some time for me to learn though. For some reason the tutorial option doesn't play for me, but the rest of the bot battles and solo mode works just fine. Great job with the game!
I broke the tutorial with a last minute change before the deadline, and didn't realise until it was too late. I did make an emergency video tutorial because it's easier to see than to read, but I can't expect everyone to see it.
Thanks for playing!
Oh dang! I completely missed seeing the video and tutorial on the page and went straight to the game... sorry, my bad.
the music and artwork is great!
The game has a very nice "feel" to it. It plays really well. I wish there was a tutorial in the game to teach me how to play, but I picked up the concept fairly quickly. Had fun playing it! Would love to see more!
The game is so cute and bubbly and the noises are really satisfying.
I played Solitaire only once in my life - it was 14 years ago on an old computer with Windows XP and had 0 clue what I was supposed to do. This whoever, is a very awesome card game with a very cute artstyle. I would love to see a turn based splitscreen version!
Great job on your submission! I really liked the art style, the colors, and the overall polish of the game. The card animations are very smooth, and I really enjoyed the movement and feel of the gameplay.
I also really like this style of Solitaire game, it reminds me of the classic card games like Windows Solitaire. Congratulations on the work and the care you put into the game!
Nice and polished. Goob job.
Fantastic entry! Feels great to play, nicely polished, and just a very solid game. +1 fellow frog dev!
I have never really played solitaire before, but this was quite fun. I really like all the different artworks.
I made this game! It's not a port of an existing game that I know of. Solitaire just means a single-player card game. I designed it so you could play it with a real deck of cards.
Thank you!
Nice solitare game! :D
Very cool! Love the art. It took me embarassingly long to notice the redraw button, and to realize you can play the same card on the countup pile. But after that I started beating solo mode. Froggy is just way too fast for me, even if I get really lucky the bot finishes before me. Didn't have time to try the bot coding, but it looks interesting!
I made a quick tutorial video to help with the broken tutorial, 2x speed and it should be a super fast watch, you don't even need to watch all the way through. But I'm glad you could figure it out without any help!
I've already fixed the bot difficulty for the post jam version, now the bots play at different speeds depending on the difficulty. The current version they are just more likely to lose or play for longer, but its not very obvious why each one is easier or harder. So the new change is so much better. But I didn't realise this until people like you pointed out, thank you!
Good for you to have a tutorial video
Love the silly artstyle and the game play is pretty fun
Nice Work!
Really fun and polished card game. So crazy impressive that you added a bot creator, although it was a little beyond me hahah. Sometimes I did just get a little screwed over by the card draw, but it’s quick enough that I could just start another run. Great work!
Hey I recognize card #12! Awesome game, there's a good amount of polish and it goes surprisingly deep. Well done :)
I'll post it again here so people can see. If you are reading this and haven't played Trace Against Time, go and check it out (after playing my game first :p )
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